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Korean movie – NOBODY’S DAUGHTER HAE-WON – out on dvd

posted 14 Nov 2013, 12:49 by Julian Whiting

NOBODY’S DAUGHTER HAE-WON (12) 2013 KOREA HONG, SANG-SOO £19.99
A student tries to come to terms with her complicated love-life in this
Korean drama from director Sang-soo Hong. Feeling down after saying
goodbye to her mother who is emigrating to Canada the next day, Haewon
(Eun-Chae Jeong), seeks out her married lover Seong-joon (Seon-gyun
Lee), who also happens to be her professor at college, in order to
finally end their secret affair. But when the pair stop at a local
restaurant, they run into a group of students who immediately realise
they are having a relationship.

With Seong-joon refusing to accept that their relationship is over, a
depressed Haewon, unsure of the future, withdraws into herself and
dreams of finding an escape route.